October 24, 2012, 9:23PM

New Yorker magazine's Hendrick Hertzberg said negative campaigning has been part of American elections for as long as there have been elections, but the recent trend has become more disturbing in many ways. Full story »

April 28, 2012, 9:00AM

In the Bay State, 22 percent of state-level politicians are women, a number down five percentage points from the previous election cycle but above the rate for women serving in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, which is collectively 17 percent. Full story »

December 18, 2010, 10:00AM

In this year’s election, women in the state Legislature dipped 10 percent overall, according to an analysis by the University of Massachusetts Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy in Boston. Full story »